The Accommodation Consultant (AC) will work directly with employees and senior leadership in providing accommodations. The AC will be the primary contact for the employee as they proceed through the accommodation process. This role will have exceptional communication and organizational skills, superior attention to detail, ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment, strong analytical and critical thinking skills, along with the customer service focus that employees expect from Amazon.
Key job responsibilities
Perform accommodation reviews to ensure compliance and to support employee requests for accommodation in safe and productive assignments
· Serve as a subject matter expert on the accommodations process as well as state and federal disability laws.
· Coordinate the accommodation process and provide end-to-end case management
· Collaborate with Stakeholders to determine and finalize accommodation approval/denials
· Collaborate with leave of absence case managers
· Communicate the accommodation decision, disseminate the Job Accommodation Record (JAR) to the employee, and partner with appropriate stakeholder(s) for implementation
· Educate employees and HR on complicated aspects of the return to work, accommodation, and complex case processes
· Direct employees to the appropriate resource for answers
· Maintain a case load of up to 120 cases.
· Ability to discern when to escalate complex issues to the Sr. Accommodation Consultant
· Maintain system records to ensure accurate and timely information/documentation
· Provide training for employees, managers, HR and others in DLS
· Adhere to internal SLAs and quality standards
· Consult, coordinate and partner with our third party administrators, HR, Safety, Legal, Payroll, Benefits, team members and other departments/systems as appropriate
· Participate in other activities and projects within the DLS program
· Maintain regular, reliable and timely attendance
· Perform other duties as assigned
· Ability to travel as appropriate (up to 25% of the time)
About the team
From a customer driven perspective, Accommodation Consultants strive to provide the best customer service and facilitate working at the best employer on earth.
Senior Accommodation Consultants work directly with customers at many levels, from associates, managers and legal representatives the team provides expert knowledge in accommodation best practices across Japan.
The Senior Accommodation Consultant will work with a team of managers, Accommodation Consultants and administrative professionals to deliver service and equity to all individuals.
